Woman winched from Hakarimata Steps

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched mid-morning on Tuesday 13 March to the Hakarimata steps, where a 24-year-old Hamilton woman had sustained an injury to her ankle.

The rescue helicopter was dispatched with a St John’s paramedic and NZ Police SAR member onboard. The Fire Emergency NZ was also at the scene on the ground. The rescue helicopter utilized the NZCT Rescue Winch and winched both the paramedic and the SAR team member down to the woman’s location. She was stablised, then extracted back to the rescue helicopter and was flown to Waikato Hospital treatment.

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As a member of our Friends of the Rescue Helicopter programme, you may receive personal transport to a hospital closest to your place of residence, if you have been unexpectedly hospitalised outside of your Friends area and require an extended period of recovery in a DHB designated hospital.

Friends of The Rescue Helicopter transfers are available to Friends members and to any of the member’s dependencies whose principal place of residence is within the Friend's household.

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Eligibility, guidelines and benefits of a Friend of the Rescue Helicopter that determine access to the Service include:

a. The Friend requesting transport must:

(i) be a current Friendand have been for a period of at least three (3) months prior to the request; and
(ii) have suffered an accident or illness resulting in hospitalisation within New Zealand and requiring ongoing medical treatment or care within a DHB designated hospital.

b. Transportation will be to the nearest hospital by whatever means is most appropriate, which may include the use of a helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft.

c. Transportation may be provided by an Operator other than the Friend's local rescue Helicopter.

d. The Friend to be transported must be a current Friend or a dependant of the current Friend whose principal place of residence is within the Friend's household.

e. Transport by aircraft is subject to prevailing weather conditions and aircraft availability. Every endeavour will be made to affect the transport when requested but delays may be occasioned due to factors outside the control of the rescue helicopter service. The Philips Search & Rescue Trust has sole and absolute discretion as to when and what transport will be used.

f. The Philips Search & Rescue Trust may, in its sole and absolute discretion, decline to transport a Friend due to the nature of the Friend's illness or condition.

Updated 1 March 2016

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There are currently no advertised positions at Philips Search and Rescue Trust; however, CVs for pilots and professional crew can be emailed to [email protected] or posted to David Wickham, PO Box 214, Taupo 3351